RPC III, 2220B

 

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Coin type
Volume III
Number 2220B
Province Asia
Subprovince Conventus of Alabanda
Region Caria
City Alabanda
Reign Uncertain
Issue Coinage without imperial portrait
Dating Trajan/Hadrian
Obverse inscription
Obverse design Dionysus standing facing, head left, holding thyrsus and reaching out to leaping panther
Reverse inscription ΑΛΑΒΑΝΔΕΩΝ
Edition Ἀλαβανδέων
Translation of the Alabandians
Reverse design Head of Zeus Chrysaoreus right with kalathos; to right, double-headed axe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 16 mm
Average weight 3.26 g
Specimens 2 (0 in the core collections)
Note Date very uncertain The shape of the epsilon suggests 1st or 2nd century; the flat fabric and the poor style suggest a bit later, so ‘probably second century’.
Addition Additional coin-type (post publication)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Naumann 62, 4 Feb. 2018, lot 321
2 2     Naumann 84, 1 Dec. 2019, lot 136